CUNY Newswire

January 18, 2013 (New York, NY): Alia Tyner-Mullings, Assistant Professor of Sociology at The New Community College at CUNY, is co-author with Angelique Harris of Writing for Emerging Sociologists (Sage Publications, Inc., 2013). A writing guide for upper-level sociology undergraduate students and graduate students, this instructional text introduces students to the variety of writing projects [...]

Thursday, January 17, 2013 (New York, NY): Eight students from The New Community College at CUNY have been selected to join an inaugural class of 20 students for Mobilize.org’s Mobilizer Academy: Talia Arif, Jakeline Arteaga, Maria Lissete Estrada, Stephen Icaza, Alfajo Jallow, Cassandra Ortiz, Richard Persaud, and Angie Urena. Students were selected as part of [...]

Community College Week showcases The NCC as part of its 2012 Year in Review feature. To read the article, click here

The New York Times examines how The NCC’s Ethnographies of Work course gives students new perspectives on work and careers.  To read the article, click here>>

Tuesday, December 11, 2012 (New York, NY): The New York State Board of Regents voted to grant accreditation to The New Community College at CUNY for a period of five years. Established on September 20, 2011, with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s final approval of an Amendment to CUNY’s Master Plan, The New Community College at [...]

Hurricane Sandy impacted our college in a multitude of ways.  Many students, faculty, and staff have been living without power, others have lost everything—food, clothing, even their homes.  In response to this disaster, the New Community College at CUNY established the NCC Cares Sandy Relief Fund to provide emergency support for students, faculty and staff [...]

The New Community College at CUNY is participating in the John N. Gardner Institute’s Foundations of Excellence (FoE) comprehensive self-study of the first-year student experience. The FoE process provides a template on how to work effectively with first-year students by assisting institutions in analyzing what works well for students and which areas need improvement. The [...]

Hurricane Sandy Relief Prime Goal of 2012 “CUNY MONTH”

The following resources are available to the CUNY community and include outside agencies offering support and services to students, faculty, and staff dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Please refer to this website for information …

As part of the Chancellor’s initiative and CUNY’s effort to assist with Sandy Relief, there is considerable need for our students, staff and faculty to participate in hurricane relief efforts. To that end, the Central Office of Student Affairs is organizing a Hurricane Sandy volunteer relief opportunity this Saturday, November 17th for interested students, faculty and [...]

New York, NY: First-year student Alphajo Jallow started painting three years ago while still living in Gambia, West Africa, as “…a way to communicate my ideas in a beautiful, captivating way.” The self-taught artist continued painting after moving to New York, where he graduated from Eleanor Roosevelt High School.  A friend introduced him to Adarsh [...]

For your convenience, a number of additional critical support services are listed below. Water Distribution Centers http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/foodandwater.html Food Stamps and other City benefits (They will be tabling in the NAC on November 13th and December 6th from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm) http://www.cucs.org/service-programs/community-based-services/community-based-single-stops/central-harlem-east-harlem-and-bronx-single-stops List of Emergency Shelters for Hurricane Sandy: http://www.nyc.gov/html/misc/html/2012/hurricane_shelters.html Daytime Warming Center Locations: [...]

New York, NY:  The New Community College at CUNY is spearheading a canned food drive in partnership with the Student Government Association and the Information Commons, November 5-20, 2012.  Organized by professors Nicole Saint-Louis and Nicola Blake, this drive is the inaugural student government’s first campus-wide activity. Students are asked to donate two or more [...]

Dear Students, After a very difficult week, I welcome everyone in the NCC community—students, faculty and staff—back as we re-open NCC on Monday, November 5. With so many among us without power, heat or water and others with serious property damage, it will be good to see you Monday and resume our lives together. CUNY [...]

Dear Students: Faculty and staff at the NCC are concerned about you and your loved ones. We want to continue to provide you with some resources to  assist you during this challenging time for our city. Stress, concern and a range of emotions are normal and we want to make sure you are well.  Below [...]

The New Community College at CUNY will celebrate National Writing Day, instituted by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), during the week of October 15, 2012. Organized by English professors Nicola Blake and Lori Ungemah, a variety of activities is designed to begin a conversation about writing with the prompt “Why I Write.” [...]

Alia Tyner-Mullings, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the New Community College at CUNY, is the co-editor of Critical Small Schools: Beyond Privatization in NYC Urban Educational Reform (Information Age, 2012). The publication features current empirical research about the successes and challenges of the small schools movement and the likely implications for urban public educational policy. [...]

New York, NY: On September 23, eleven New Community College students attended MSNBC’s Education Nation: Student Town Hall at the main branch of the New York Public Library. Melissa Harris-Perry moderated a panel of distinguished educators to engage high school and college students in a solutions-focused conversation about the state of education in America. The [...]

Students interested in representing the student body as a member of the student government may participate in the upcoming Student Government Association of The New Community College at CUNY (SGA-NCC) Senator selection process.  During the LABSS courses on September 19-24, Student Success Advocates will ask all candidates interested in becoming a senator to deliver a [...]

On Monday, September 10, 2012, City Council Member Gale A. Brewer, representing Manhattan District #6, presented a Proclamation to President Evenbeck, faculty and students in honor of the opening and first day of classes at CUNY’s first new community college in more than four decades. The Proclamation gives tremendous recognition to our mission of excellence [...]